emanation

 
Pronunciation: /ɛməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1something which originates or issues from a source: she saw the insults as emanations of his own tortured personality the commission is an emanation of the state
  • [mass noun] the action or process of issuing from a source: the risk of radon gas emanation
  • a substance or form of radiation given off by something: vaporous emanations wreathe the mill’s foundations
  • Chemistry, archaic a radioactive gas formed by radioactive decay of a solid.
  • 2(in various mystical traditions) a being or force which is a manifestation of God: they believe that each human soul is an emanation of Godhood